Please, marry a white snake wife. It’s super cool.

An elderly doctor took Gu Gaoxu's pulse, gave him an acupuncture injection, shook his head, and sighed three times.

It looks like Gu Gaoxu won't survive this night.

Gu Ziyue, who was standing by, rubbed her smooth and tender hands and asked, "Doctor, what happened to my nephew? Is it serious?"

The doctor removed the silver needles from Gu Gaoxu one by one and put them back into the needle bag.

The doctor was not in a hurry to answer Gu Ziyue's words. He picked up the brush on the table, dipped it in some freshly ground ink, and wrote down the prescription for internal medicine on the paper that had been prepared long ago.

Zhao Qiaoer was impatient and couldn't stand such procrastination, so she pinched her waist and twisted her hips as she walked up to him and said, "Dr. Li, after so many years, who in the whole Taining City doesn't know that your medical skills are superb?
There is just one problem, it is too slow. What is wrong with this patient? Please tell me quickly! Is he short of money or something else? "

The doctor slowly put on his medical box and said to the two women, "Madams, the patient is in good health and is not in danger of death."

"Then everything is fine?" Zhao Qiaoer interrupted the doctor.

The doctor stroked his beard and continued, "This skin injury can be healed in less than ten days by applying some golden wound medicine. However, this internal injury is difficult to treat. I am afraid it will take two to three years to be cured. Even if the internal injury is cured, I think the patient can no longer practice martial arts."

The doctor could tell that the patient was a martial artist for many years just by looking at the calluses on the base of his right hand.

Marching, fighting, training soldiers and practicing martial arts are what Gu Gaoxu enjoys doing most.

If Gu Gaoxu knew that he had lost all his martial arts skills, what difference would it make him a useless person?
Gu Ziyue was stunned for a moment. She got along best with her nephew, and when she saw Gu Gaoxu was so badly injured, she didn't know what to do.

Zhao Qiaoer glanced at Gu Ziyue, took out ten taels of silver from her bosom and handed it to the doctor, saying, "Doctor Li, thank you for your help today. Please don't mention it to others."

The doctor took the silver, picked up his medical box, and said solemnly, "Madam, please rest assured. I will only practice medicine and treat patients. I will never talk nonsense about other things."

Zhao Qiaoer sent someone to see Doctor Li off, hugged Gu Ziyue's small body and said, "Yuer, don't worry, we have already sent someone to Changliu Village. When our man finds out, he will definitely cure him."

Listening to Aunt Zhao's advice, Gu Ziyue nodded, forced a smile on her face, and said, "Yes, Aunt Zhao, Yuan~'s medical skills are the most superb, he will definitely find a way."

The heavy snow blocked the road, making the way back home difficult to travel. The people sent by Zhao Qiaoer could only walk in the snow to Changliu Village, which certainly delayed them a lot of time.

After sleeping for two days and one night, Gu Gaoxu slowly opened his eyes and looked around. On the corner of the quilt were embroidered the words "Lu Mansion, Taining City".

Gu Gaoxu was about to get up when pain attacked his whole body and he stumbled and fell under the bed.

Gu Gaoxu covered his waist with one hand and supported his body with the other. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get up. He kept muttering, "If I knew who did this, I would destroy their hometown!"

Gu Ziyue pushed the door open and saw her nephew Gu Gaoxu in such a miserable state. She trotted over and helped him onto the bed with difficulty.

Gu Ziyue said, "Nephew, you are too heavy. Your aunt has thin arms and legs and can't even lift you up!"

Gu Gaoxu smiled and said, "It's rare to see Yue'er take care of others. Do you usually take care of your man like this?"

Gu Ziyue punched Gu Gaoxu with her fist and said angrily, "Nonsense! Yuan~ is the one who is reluctant to let me serve you. I am also honored to marry here."

"Sha~" Gu Gaoxu felt severe pain when he was hit by the punch.

Gu Ziyue called the servants and said, "Tell the kitchen to boil the medicine and bring some softer food over!"

"Okay, young madam!" The maid bowed and left.

"Nephew, tell your aunt who beat you like this?" Gu Ziyue had a look of eagerness on her face, all she needed was a plate of melon seeds.

Gu Gaoxu thought for a moment and said, "I won't tell you. Yue'er will only make fun of us!"

“Forget it if you don’t want to say it!” Gu Ziyue pouted and crossed her arms, showing her displeasure.

Gu Gaoxu slowly lay down, turned his head aside, and said, "I don't want to be fooled by you. If you want to act like a spoiled child, you should save it for your man!"

Lu Yuan held the refined blue pill in his hand and then put it into the system space.

Su Liyan placed the hot food on the table, gently knocked on the door, and asked, "Brother, someone from the mansion came and said they have something important to report."

Lu Yuan waved his hand, put the alchemy furnace floating in the air into the system space, and walked out.

Lu Yuan sat down, picked up a piece of braised pork, put it in his mouth and started chewing, saying: "Why are you eating braised pork today? It's so sweet."

Su Liyan smiled and said, "Brother, you haven't eaten a single bite of the food that was sent to you these days. You've been refining pills in your room. I guess you must be starving."

Lu Yuan responded twice, took two mouthfuls of rice, and asked, "Did our daughter Ruyan eat the immortality pill?"

Su Liyan replied: "Much better. The temperature has risen in the past few days. I think the cold poison has been eliminated."

"That's good. By the way, did anything happen in the mansion?" Lu Yuan continued to ask.

Su Liyan stood up and called in the two confidants outside the door. One of them said, "Master, the second son of Prince Yan is seriously injured. Madam Second asks Master to go back to the mansion to take a look."

"Wife, let's go home today!"

"Okay, brother!"

When Lu Yuan returned to his mother-in-law's house, Lu Ruyan ran out of the room, jumped into Lu Yuan's arms, and said coquettishly, "Daddy, your daughter misses you."

"My dear daughter, Daddy misses you too." Lu Yuan rubbed his daughter's tender little face.

"Daddy, look!" Lu Ruyan waved her little hand, and the house instantly turned into an ice house, with even the doors and windows frozen.

"Ruyan!" Su Liyan, who had just come in from the main gate, shouted, "You are naughty again, melt the frost quickly!"

"Okay~~" Lu Ruyan removed the frost.

Lu Ruyan accidentally swallowed the elixir made from the ice toad's inner elixir, and accidentally learned the art of ice and frost, which can be considered a blessing in disguise.

One-year-old Lu Ruyan has such powerful abilities. She is probably the first person in history.

What a freak!

When Su Liyan's father heard that his daughter and son-in-law were going back home, he also started to pack his bags.

Su Liyan's mother asked knowingly, "Liyan's father, what are you doing?"

While packing his bags, Su Liyan's father said, "It's winter now, and there's not much work to do in the fields. We're just sitting around doing nothing anyway. My daughter and I can go to the city to take care of our granddaughter!" Su Liyan and her daughter were secretly happy. The old man finally came to his senses and was no longer stubborn. He was willing to follow his daughter into the city to enjoy a better life.

On the way back home, Lu Ruyan was in a playful mood. She kept playing with her little hands, and the ice and snow on the road melted into water, making it convenient for Lu Yuan and others to travel.

Seeing his granddaughter using the French method, Su Liyan's father was not at all averse. He kept praising his granddaughter for being so amazing and was not surprised that she was a half-demon.

Su Liyan's father has now let go of things. It doesn't matter whether it's the half-demon race or the human race, as long as the family loves each other, that's all that matters. He no longer cares about the opinions of his fellow villagers like he did when he was young.

When Lu Yuan and his companions returned to Taining City, they saw from a distance a team of Jinyiwei standing on each side of the gate of their mansion.

Lu Yuan looked at these Jinyiwei and didn't recognize any of them. He walked in without saying hello to them.

"My darling, you're back!" Zhao Qiaoer twisted her butt and walked towards him in a cat-like manner.

Lu Yuan hugged her in his arms and asked, "Aunt Zhao, why are there so many Jinyiwei outside the door?"

Zhao Qiaoer first turned around and greeted Su Liyan, then nudged Lu Yuan with her two soft balls on her chest and said, "Who knows? I sneaked in last night and just stood there. The palace guards were watching me, but I didn't do anything wrong."

"Brother Gu, which guest room are you in?" Lu Yuan asked, slapping Aunt Zhao's fat butt twice.

Zhao Qiaoer bent down, stuck out her butt, kissed Lu Yuan on the face and said, "Look, that's the room. Our Yue'er is in it."

"Dear sister-in-law, let's go there by ourselves. We can have fun with you in the evening!" Lu Yuan said.

Zhao Qiaoer squeezed Lu Yuan with her hips and said with a charming smile: "My dear, it's a deal. I'll take a bath and wait for you!"

Lu Yuan pushed open the door and said, "What's going on? I heard you were injured. Come, let's take a look!"

Hearing Lu Yuan's voice, Gu Ziyue stood up, threw herself into Lu Yuan's arms, and started to be intimate with him against the wall.

In the last second, Gu Gaoxu was lying on the bed and complaining to Gu Ziyue; in the next second, the young couple did not shy away from Gu Gaoxu's presence at all, and entangled together to express their feelings.

Gu Gaoxu felt like his limbs were degenerating. Every time he asked Gu Ziyue when he would get better, Gu Ziyue would stammer and be unable to give a clear answer.

Gu Gaoxu watched the two of them chewing each other, his mouth grinning from ear to ear, and he shouted, "Brother Lu, please give me a healing pill to try. I've been in so much pain these past few days."

Ten seconds later, Lu Yuan pushed Gu Ziyue away and said to Gu Gaoxu, "Don't worry, let us take a look first!"

Lu Yuan sat on the bedside, stretched out his hand to grab Gu Gaoxu's wrist, and took his pulse. While taking his pulse, he asked, "Who is this person? Are you going to kill you?"

Gu Ziyue said tactfully, "Yuan~ Let's go to the kitchen and see if the medicine soup is ready!"

After Gu Ziyue left, Gu Gaoxu lowered his voice and said, "Brother Lu, to be honest, a few days ago, I was ordered by the emperor to escort Lu Wang's sixth son Gu Zhaolian to the Ministry of Justice. On the way, the team was ambushed, and no one was spared except me."

Lu Yuan was surprised and asked, "Where are the prisoner Gu Zhaolian and those twenty or so Japanese people?"

Gu Gaoxu patted the bed and said, "How can I care about them? Arrows are falling from the sky, attacking indiscriminately. It's good enough to keep myself alive."

"Brother Lu, you don't know, but masked men several times larger than yours rushed out from the woods on both sides of the official road. Each of them is highly skilled and well-trained, and they slaughtered the entire team in a short while." Gu Gaoxu became more and more excited as he spoke.

This month, Gu Gaoxu couldn’t remember how many times he had escaped death.

Gu Gaoxu tightly grasped Lu Yuan's hand and said, "If it weren't for my strong martial arts skills and my ability to break through several encirclements, I'm afraid I would never see Brother Lu again."

Gu Gaoxu originally wanted to return to Yandu to seek protection from his father, but he encountered ambushes many times on the way back, so he changed course and came to Taining City to avoid being hunted down.

"Looking back, we saw that Gu Zhaolian had already been shot into a hedgehog. It's a pity that those brothers who followed me for several years died in such an unclear way."

Speaking of this, Gu Gaoxu couldn't help feeling sad.

Lu Yuan changed the subject and asked, "What's going on with the Jinyiwei outside the palace?"

Gu Gaoxu leaned against the bedside table, spread his hands and said, "I don't know why the Jinyiwei surrounded the Lu Mansion. Brother Lu, didn't you do anything wrong?"

Lu Yuan said calmly: "I haven't done anything wrong. These Jinyiwei are probably coming for you."

Gu Gaoxu nodded and said, "That's right. I lost the person that our old emperor specifically asked for. Maybe he is just keeping an eye on me first and will come to arrest me once the emperor issues an order."

"You should just focus on recuperating first and don't worry about other things." Lu Yuan comforted.

Lu Yuan took out a higher-grade healing pill from his bosom and handed it to Gu Gaoxu, saying, "The internal injuries are quite serious. If you take a few of these pills, the injuries on your body will be healed, but your martial arts will be completely wasted."

After Gu Gaoxu swallowed the pill, he widened his eyes and confirmed: "Brother Lu, you are not kidding me, right?"

Lu Yuan looked at Gu Gaoxu very seriously and said, "Do you think I'm joking?"

Gu Gaoxu immediately became depressed and said dejectedly, "What's the point of living then? I have finally mastered a set of excellent martial arts, but now it's all gone. How can I lead troops to fight, and how can I avenge myself?"

Lu Yuan stood up and said, "If you lose your martial arts skills, you can practice them again. But if your spirit collapses, then everything is gone. You are not the person I knew now."

After Lu Yuan finished speaking, he opened the door and walked out, leaving Gu Gaoxu lying there in a daze.

As soon as Lu Yuan walked out of the door, he saw Gu Ziyue coming over with a bowl of medicine and said, "Yuer, stop for a moment!"

Gu Ziyue walked up to Lu Yuan with the medicine in her hand and said, "Yuan~what's wrong?"

Lu Yuan took the medicine, sniffed it, tasted it, and then spit it on the ground and asked, "Yuer, who prescribed this medicine?"

Gu Ziyue said naturally, "It was Dr. Li who prescribed the medicine. Aunt Zhao said he is the best doctor in Taining City."

Lu Yuan casually threw away the medicine and explained to Gu Ziyue who looked bewildered: "Yuer, don't give him this medicine in the future. He has already felt much better after taking the pills we made. He will be cured after taking a few more pills."

Gu Ziyue said "Oh" and said, "Then Yuan~ will you come to my room tonight?"

Lu Yuan smiled, touched Gu Ziyue's head and said, "Tomorrow night, I have an appointment with Aunt Zhao tonight."

"Okay then~" Gu Ziyue pouted, leaving a trace of scarlet on Lu Yuan's face, and skipped back to the room, "Yuan~ Tomorrow night, I'll wait for you in bed!"

Lu Yuan looked at Gu Ziyue's receding back, his expression gradually becoming gloomy. (End of this chapter)